Widal's test

Widal's test
Widal's test Wi*dal's" test, or Widal test Wi*dal" test or Widal reaction Wi*dal" reaction . [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French physician.] (Med.) A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli, causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • Widal test — also Widal s test n a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections using the Widal reaction compare AGGLUTINATION TEST * * * Widal serum test (for typhoid and paratyphoid fevers) a test of serum of patients with suspected… …   Medical dictionary

  • Widal test — Widal s test Wi*dal s test, or Widal test Wi*dal test or Widal reaction Wi*dal reaction . [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French physician.] (Med.) A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum of one affected, in a bouillon culture …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Widal reaction — Widal s test Wi*dal s test, or Widal test Wi*dal test or Widal reaction Wi*dal reaction . [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French physician.] (Med.) A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum of one affected, in a bouillon culture …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Widal test — The Widal test is a presumptive serological test for Enteric fever or Undulant fever. In case of Salmonella infections, it is a demonstration of agglutinating antibodies against antigens O somatic and H flagellar in the blood. For brucellosis,… …   Wikipedia

  • Widal test — noun a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections • Syn: ↑Widal s test • Hypernyms: ↑agglutination test * * * noun see widal s test …   Useful english dictionary

  • Widal reaction — Wi·dal reaction also Wi·dal s reaction vē däl(z) n a specific reaction consisting in agglutination of typhoid bacilli or other salmonellas when mixed with serum from a patient having typhoid fever or other salmonella infection and constituting a… …   Medical dictionary

  • Widal reaction — an agglutination test for the presence of antibodies against the Salmonella organisms that cause typhoid fever. It is thus a method of diagnosing the presence of the disease in a patient and also a means of identifying the organisms in infected… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Widal test — (ve dahl ) A test involving agglutination of typhoid bacilli when they are mixed with serum containing typhoid antibodies from an individual having typhoid fever; used to detect the presence of Salmonella typhi and S. paratyphi …   Dictionary of microbiology

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